This week’s addict emailed me this photo of some of her complete art journals, which look so beautifully used and overstuffed with creativity! She writes: Hi, my name is Shanta Devi Williams. I am an artist from Los Angeles, CA, USA. I’ve always had a fascination with books, reading, art making, and writing for as … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Shanta
I love hearing from notebook addicts with lots of photos and details about how their notebooks are used. Janey emailed all the below: I’m from central Scotland and have been writing stories as a hobby since I was four years old. As a kid people would always buy me cute notebooks or sets of fancy … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Janey
This week’s addict is another submission that has been in my inbox for longer than it should have been! Marcel shared these photos and says: Since I can remember I always had a notebook, at first they were unused school notebooks and there was a time when I wasn’t writing at all, but from one … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Marcel
I was appalled to find that this addict of the week submission seems to have been lost in my inbox for over a year! Toby emailed these photos and says: I have loved notebooks all my life, but I’ve had a bit of a problem filling them, Â a common problem as I’ve read on your … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Toby T.
A reader pointed me to Baron Schwartz’s excellent comparison of a lot of different notebook brands he tried while searching for “the Holy Grail of notebooks.” Here’s some of them, along with his handy list of what they are: An Italian leatherette journal by Markings A Semikolon Il Creativo, large A Quo Vadis Habana An … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Baron Schwartz
This week’s addict is an “urban sketcher, strongwoman, artist, fountain pen collector and maker.” She shared an intriguing photo of her notebook/sketchbook collection on Twitter: Not sure what all the brands are, but definitely Leuchtturm and Stillman & Birn. Maybe also Rhodia, Miquelrius and Moleskine? Also check out her review of the SketchWallet on her … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: SunamiSue
People who start companies to make notebooks are usually notebook addicts– here’s a case in point. The Wanderings Notebook is a refillable leather notebook similar to the Midori Traveler’s Notebook. But on the company’s blog, Matt Hutcheson offers an agnostic appreciation of notebooks in general, with this shot of the his collection, plus some thoughts … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Matt Hutcheson from Wanderings Notebook
British comedian Abigoliah Schamaun has done 2000 comedy gigs, and filled lots of notebooks with her material. She talks about them below, accompanied by photographs by her boyfriend Tom Watts: “…I’ve written jokes and setlists into vast numbers of notebooks. I have a notebook on me at all times. They are my security blanket. It … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Abigoliah Schamaun
I haven’t done many Moleskine Monday posts lately… and it’s been a while since I’ve updated you on my stash of spare Moleskines. For those who haven’t read other posts where I’ve talked about how I feel about the Moleskine brand, here’s an abbreviated version: Late 1990s/early 2000’s— not too long after Modo e Modo … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: My Collection
This week’s addict emailed me the photo below and says: “In the interest of going through and minimizing clutter, I’ve put myself on a one year notebook buying moratorium. I won’t be parting with any of them, but won’t be adding anymore either. I use them for a variety of things- lists, journals, reminders, and … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Amanda